4 women, 1 man arrested in prostitution sting

Daytona Beach police officers made the most recent arrests where prostitution is prevalent, about the same area as Monday's five arrests.

KATIE KUSTURASTAFF WRITER

Four Daytona Beach women and a Palm Coast man were arrested after undercover police officers say the women were prostituting themselves and the man was profiting off one of them.

Daytona Beach police officers made the arrests between the hours of 12:07 p.m. and 3:16 p.m. Thursday, primarily along parts of Ridgewood Avenue where prostitution is prevalent, police said. A prostitution sting in about the same area Monday also resulted in five arrests.

All of the women, whose ages range from 20 to 37 years old, were charged with solicitation to commit prostitution, police said. One woman, Lydia Lynn, 28, was also charged with carrying a concealed weapon after she admitted to having a blade on her for protection.

"It is dangerous doing what I do on the streets," Lynn told the officer while in handcuffs, police said.

When the undercover officer met McDaniel near Bellevue Avenue and South Segrave Street shortly after 3 p.m., he offered to get her a hotel room for the night, police said. McDaniel, a dancer at Bottoms Up strip club in New Smyrna Beach, said she would need to check with her boyfriend, Martz.

The undercover officer met with Martz and told him McDaniel was at a hotel, police said.

“I'm not a pimp,” Martz told the undercover officer, police said. “We are just trying to make money.”

The undercover officer then asked Martz if he was going to try and rob him, police said.

“We got money, bro,” Martz told the undercover officer after pulling several $20 bills from his pocket, police said. Martz was arrested shortly thereafter and charged with deriving support or proceeds of prostitution.

Corbett, Lynn and Martz remained in the Volusia County Branch Jail on Friday with bail set at $500, $2,000 and $1,000, respectively, records show. McCloud and McDaniel have since posted $1,500 and $250 bail, respectively.